Royanne Attends Cousin's Birthday Party

So, it was Abby's 6th (I CAN"T BELIEVE IT!)

birthday, and her parents said she could

have a party......after all, everyone else in her

class has a birthday party. After debating where to

have it (outside at a park, at a kid friendly pizza

restaurant, etc.) they settled on having it at

home. I think 12 girls were invited.

I went with Kay to get the supplies for the

arts & crafts activity (painting and decorating

birdhouses) and for the goodies for the

canvas-use-again-gift

bags (man, that was expensive!)

Craig took Abby to The Party Store and she

picked out MY LITTLE PONY decorations.

Kay really decorated the entry way, remarking

it was so fancy they should have a wedding!

As each child arrived, they ran and screeched

upstairs to Abby's room, and when the doorbell

would ring, they ran down, screeching, then back

up with the new arrivee in tow. Royanne didn't

know WHAT to think!

This is Royanne painting her bird

house after the others had finished.

She mixed paints but she had a lot

of fun.

I have finger paints for her but

I have not yet gotten quite brave enough to

do this activity.

This activity was slated for outside, but

the weather turned from the 80's to the 50's

for the party and everything was inside.

Abby and Liam have a tradition on their
birthdays. Once the girls had all gone
home, the family went outside to let loose
the balloons.




Royanne and Mimi even turned one loose.




Abby still gets a thrill out of it.




....And another....




Mimi and the kids.

There they go!

After the excitement, Aunt Kay fashioned

neon wands into glasses for Ro-Annie.

They glowed purple and pink, although

you cannot tell from this picture.

Silly girls!

New Name

Oh, by the way, she likes to be

called ANNIE now.

I call her Ro-Annie and she has

shortened it.

Loving Elmo 'Til The Bitter End

Remember the night Bruce came home

with the Elmo balloon, fashioned by

a professional-balloon-character-

fashioner?

Well, she wouldn't give it up.

Ro kept him until he became very
small, shrunken, and pruned-looking.



That can be considered a good thing:
Maybe she'll take care of me when I am
old and pruned and shrunken-looking!


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Looks Are Deceiving

Royanne kept asking me for canda,

which is candy. I was pretty sure she

didn't like candy, because she never eats

it when she gets it. Not even suckers at

the drive-thru bank.

She took me to the kitchen and wanted me to

pick her up. I had no idea what we were

searching for, so I slowly made my

way around the kitchen, while she

kept pointing.

We came to a cabinet I knew had a little

jar of orange and chocolate kisses in it.

Bruce has one of these ocasionally, and

sure enough, that's what she had in mind.

I gave her one as she downloaded, so we

went to the changing table. She had pooped,

and as I was cleaning her she said "EASH-EE!"

which is her way of saying EASY!

She has developed a bit of irratated skin after

eating tons of Bruce's homemade

pasta sauce.

She then took out the candy she'd been

sucking on -the big melted mess- looked

at it, & proclaimed it "POOP!"

She threw it down and wiped her hands all

over her shirt. I was rolling, she thought it

was poop, she really did!

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Magician

Ro had French toast for breakfast

and some grapes. I usually take them

off and cut them in half but I decided to try

and see if she did OK with not cutting.

She liked taking them off herself.

As she was finishing up, Bruce told her

to put the grapes back on the stem.

Well, she tried! It was

hilarious! She balanced it on the stem.

Still trying.

The picture cut off, but she threw the last
of the grapes in the floor, frustrated.
It was hysterical! She's so funny!

Riding the Hand Truck

The other night we were outside after Bruce

came home from work and Royanne was

standing next to the hand truck with her

hand on it, saying "riding, riding..."

He stood her on it and rode her up and down

the deck.

I had gone in for the camera, (SHOCK!)

and when I came back outside, they were

doing this and I said "That's a good idea!"

and Bruce said, "Haven't you done this

before? I thought you'd done this before!"

And I said "NO!"

Turns out, Royanne thought it up

all by herself. I guess she saw the wheels

and thought it was a toy for her like

the truck and cycle.

She really had fun and did not

want to stop!

Then she spent several engrossed
moments carting sand from the box across
the deck to a bowl, carrying 2 spoonfuls
at a time.



Spillage!

"All gone!"

"Ut-oh!"

'Gain!

(Her word for again)

She loves being outside.

Pinkt Paint

:)

No, it is not a type-o.

Royanne pronounces pink "pinkt".

She puts t on the end of alot of words that

end with a "k" sound. If you know this, you

can understand her a whole lot better!

Before the pinkt paint.

As I began to paint, I realized she was going
to be very squirmmy, so I stuck torn cotton pads
between her tootsies. She was quick to
indicate that this wasn't very confortable.
I have since purchased some sponge squares
that are made for this job! I had to cut them
down on the sides, however, because they
were still too wide. She no likey!




Ta-da!

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First PonyTail

Prayer Doll

Our sweet friend from church, Jackie, gave Royanne

a doll when she got out of the hospital.

It is a Precious Moments Doll, and says a

prayer when you squeeze her tummy.

This doll has a halo & wings, and the

hands are folded as if in prayer.

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep;

May angels watch me through the night,

And keep me in their blessed sight, Amen."

She loves this doll. Here she is covering it

with her precious silky.

Talking to the doll, whose name is Angel.

Kissing Angel.

" Pat-pat Angel."

Fetch..............Or Not!

Pokey wanted the ball Royanne had. He wasn't

aware it was an orange golf ball, however.

She was really getting annoyed with him.

Here she wouldn't give it up. He has the

patience of Job, as they say.

She crossed her arms and was telling him

"BACK!"

She was teasing him with it.



She ran off and he followed.
This went on until way after dark when I
made her come in. It was quite a stand off!


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Isn't She Lovely?

Daddy's Day Off

PLANTING

They started their day off planting seeds.

Royanne doesn't understand, of course, planting,

but she has a lot of fun playing in the

dirt and helping her daddy.

They seedlings are now on top of the

fridge so they stay sort of warm. She

knows they're there. Might not know

what they are for, but she knows where they are.

Pretending to count. You remember....

1-2-3........8-9-10 !

Poking them in with planting tweezers.

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RIVERY WALK

There's a new walkway in town, and it
is about time we used it!
So, we got the wagon, some water,
some snacks, a golf ball retriever (we'd be
near the golf course, so why not!), Elmo
and the silky. Off we go!
As you can see, we found a few
golf balls.



Royanne decided she wanted to walk
a spell, and even offered to assist
with pulling the wagon.



She got bored, dropped the handle




and ran ahead, laughing.



She happily posed for a picture.

And another.

Collecting rocks.

Helping by pushing.

Throwing the collection.

Starting a new collection.

Heading towards the playground at the

end of the journey.

Can I really make it all the way up?

Looks very big to a little kiddo.

Bye-bye.

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